The Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence is to discuss election deepfake videos.
Deepfakes involve using AI to produce or edit video and audio to make it appear someone has said or done something that did not occur.
Days before the Presidential Election last month, an AI-generated fake version of Catherine Connolly announcing her withdrawal from the race was circulated on social media.
Experts in the field of AI deepfakes were taken aback by the high quality of the video, sparking fresh concerns over the threat to democracy that the technology now poses.
Representatives from An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland's independent electoral commission, the media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, and Queen's University Belfast will be among those appearing before the committee for a discussion on the topic of AI truth and democracy.
"During Ireland's 2025 Presidential campaign, an AI video of now President Catherine Connolly circulated online indicating her decision to step down from the presidential campaign days before the electorate was due to cast their votes," said Cathaoirleach of the Committee Malcolm Byrne.
"With the possibility of AI being used to manipulate democratic processes, for the next two weeks our representatives will discuss the ability of AI to bolster misinformation and share with the Committee the steps we can take to ensure the use of AI is transparent, ethical and trustworthy," Mr Byrne said.
